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I was always interested in reading Mark Miller's defining Batman: Year One but couldn't find the comic anywhere, real-life or online. When I read that there's a movie based on it, I had to see it, nomadder what and boy, was it impressive. It's realistic, gritty, violent and top of all, it captures Jim Gordon and Bruce Wayne perfectly, although I do wish Bruce Greenwood or Kevin Conroy had voiced the latter but Benjamin McKenzie wasn't bad at all, providing a-lot of character in his voice.
Basically, I liked the story and the human, likable portrayal of the two lead protagonists and a further insight to the corrupt streets and people of Gotham. Despite the increase in technology, I still think no other direct-to-video Batman feature, including this one, can beat Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero released back in 1998. That looked and felt amazing but Year One was great nonetheless!
From the V.O's, I enjoyed everyone especially Eliza Dushku as Selina Kyle. Her warm and rich voice really was one of the strong points even though she only appears sporadically. She should appear in a full animation of her own and in that character because it really suits her. Maybe a live-action film?
In conclusion, this is great, has a wide variety of characters and the animation is fluid.... and, oh yes! I finally found a PDF copy on the internet! WOOHOO!
7.9/10
